Jonah Hex 35

[Leocomix]

JH Williams'art made me think of Jean Giraud, the best western artist ever but he did things Giraud never did. This is a visual fireworks. There's even that part where Hex brings the serviet to his cheek, eating mustn't be easy for him. The tease made by the wife with the apple pie was funny, the sheriff's plot was still unexpected. I didn't get why there are guns aimed from windows at Hex at the end and why they didn't fire. I guess they were to wait the sheriff to fire first but I felt it wasn't necessary.

[rick]

Giraud, the best western artist ever.....


Doug Wildey, Alex Toth, John Severin and Jack Jackson all prove that statement wrong.

Mobeius is a fine fantasy artist, his more earth bound work, not so great.

[Alex Smith]

The art on this issue was pretty good. Not as good as Darwyn Cooke's issue, but still top notch.

I liked the issue a lot, but that's because Grey and Palmiotti seem to have this character down perfect. They can't seem to do anything wrong.

[Shellhead]

This Jonah Hex series hits hard with some very edgy writing. It feels more like a Vertigo title than mainstream DCU. Maybe the collaboration between Palmiotti and Gray inspires them to compete to write the most outrageous scenes, but then rein it back to a level of intelligent and challenging. Nearly every issue features appalling events that are firmly grounded in the worst of human nature, balanced with nuanced ethical issues.

Initially, I was puzzled by Hex's violent resistance to what seemed like a harmless and enjoyable proposition. But it made sense from Jonah's standpoint. Drugging him made him potentially vulnerable. What if somebody tried to kill him in that condition? Like maybe a certain potentially jealous husband who would soon have no further use for Hex? And as we saw in the previous issue, Hex does believe in God and his commandments, he just isn't happy or comfortable with the implications. So Hex was probably too uncomfortable with the adultery to cooperate in any event.

[jsf]

And as we saw in the previous issue, Hex does believe in God and his commandments, he just isn't happy or comfortable with the implications. So Hex was probably too uncomfortable with the adultery to cooperate in any event.


Wow ... good observation. I hadn't thought of that.

[Stressfactor]

This Jonah Hex series hits hard with some very edgy writing. It feels more like a Vertigo title than mainstream DCU. Maybe the collaboration between Palmiotti and Gray inspires them to compete to write the most outrageous scenes, but then rein it back to a level of intelligent and challenging. Nearly every issue features appalling events that are firmly grounded in the worst of human nature, balanced with nuanced ethical issues.

Initially, I was puzzled by Hex's violent resistance to what seemed like a harmless and enjoyable proposition. But it made sense from Jonah's standpoint. Drugging him made him potentially vulnerable. What if somebody tried to kill him in that condition? Like maybe a certain potentially jealous husband who would soon have no further use for Hex? And as we saw in the previous issue, Hex does believe in God and his commandments, he just isn't happy or comfortable with the implications. So Hex was probably too uncomfortable with the adultery to cooperate in any event.

Actually, this issue left me a little 'meh'. After having read the solicitation info months ago I had a sneaking suspicion of what the plot was going to be and once I saw the issue title I thought I knew how this was going to play out. To my disappointment it DID end up playing out almost point for point exactly the way I thought.

It was still an entertaining read and miles better than a lot of the other comics on the stand it's just that J & J have spoiled me for expecting more... expecting twists and emotional punches to the gut and reversals of fortune and all kinds of stuff -- and this issue just felt a little too heavy on the cliches.

Williams' artwork however was Da Bomb! It really raised the story up.

All that being said, I figure Jonah didn't want to 'participate' in the activity for several reasons:
1) They would be using him no better than a stud horse - and that is demeaning to him.
2) Jonah probably figures that he's got 'bad blood' -- his mother ran off with another man and his father was no-good, and Jonah knows what he himself is so he probably figured that any child he sired would end up being cursed.
3) Jonah tends to have a pretty bitter view of the world anyway and probably thinks that anybody is crazy for wanting to bring a child into that messed up world and he's not going to help anyone do so.